Improvement in bird-cages



JlvrrrmO ,I STATES PATENT QFFICE;

ROBERT c. BRECEOFBRIDGEWATER,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPRovEMl-:NT IN B IRD-CAGES.

specification forming part or Letters raamt No. 151,950, dated January 11, 1876 application nien December 4, 1875.

r To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, ROBERT C. Banen,V of Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bird-Cages, of which thelfollowing is a specification Figure l is a front view of my improved cage, parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section of a part of the same, taken through the line w w, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section of a part ofthe same, taken through the line y y, Fig. l, showing the fruit-holders turned inward, and Fig.5 is the same view as Fig. 4, but showing the fruit-holder turned outward.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved bird-cage, which shall be so constructed that the bird shall be supplied with food, water, fruit, 85o., without any danger of its getting out of its cage, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in the combination of the compartment, the two doors, and their rlexible connection with the cage, and in the combination of the pivoted fruit-holding device with the cage, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the main cage, which may be made of any suitable form, size, and style, and which is provided with a door, a', for putting in and taking out the bird. Upon the ends of the cage A are formed, or to tached, two compartments, B, to receive the food and Water for the bird, and which may be made plain or ornamental, as desired. In the ends of the cage A, at the inner side of the compartments B, are formed openings or doorways, which are closed by doors C. In the outer sides of the compartments B are placed doors D. The doors C D slide up and down upon wires or other ways, and are connected by a cord, wire, chain, or other flexible connection, E, which is made of such a length that when either of said doors is closed the other will be open. The wire cord or chain E passes over guides F attached to the upper part ofthe compartment B and cage A. To the upper part of the outer doors D is attached apin, G, which, when the said doors D are raised, will be caught by a catch, H, pivoted to'the top cross-bar of the compartments B to hold the said doors suspended. The outer doors D are made so much heavier than the inner doors C, that when left free the outer door will always be closed and the inner door open. To the lower parts of the outer doors D are attached knobs or rings I, to serve as handles in operating' them. The doors C D may be arranged to move laterally, if desired. One of the compartments B is designed to receive food, and the other water, for the bird.

When the food or water is to be replenished the outer doorD is raised until caught and held by the catch H. This leaves the'inner door C closed, and the outer side of the compartment B open, so that the food or water can be pnt in or taken out, or the compartment cleaned, without any danger of the bird getting out. If desired, an inclined platform or false bottom, J, lnay be used to raise the dish and incline it toward the cage A, so that it will not be so liable to get dirt into it from the bottom of the cage, and so that the bird may more readily see it. In this case the ends of the platform J rest upon cleats K attached to the sides of the compartment B, so that it can readilybe taken out, when desired. In the side or end of the cage A is formed an opening, in the upper and lower parts of which are placed triangular plates L, which are pivoted at their angles to the bars of the cage at the upper and lower ends of said opening. The sides of the plates L, adjacent to the pivoted angles, are connected by Wires or bars M. To the lower plate L are attached pins or pegs N toreceive fruit or other articles for the bird to eat.

By this construction, when the device -L M N is turned out into the position shown in Fig. 5, the pins N will be without the cage, so that fruit or other articles may be placed upon them, and when the device L M N is turned inward, into the position shown in Fig. 4, the pins N will be within the` cage, so that the bird can conveniently reach them while standing upon the perch O, the bars or wires M closing the opening, whether the device bein one or the other position.

This construction enables fruit and other articles to be conveniently pnt within the cage,

Withoutjitnydanger-of the vbird ,ogetting-gonty The device L'M N is held in either position by a spring or springs, P, connected with it, and Withthe cage A. The plates L must vai ryin shape according to the shape of the cage A, so that v.the bars. M may correspond Withthe sides of the cage, in Whichever position the device L M N may be.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as lnew and desire to secure by Letters Petent- Vl. The combination of the compartment B, the utwokdoors G D, and their-exibleconnection E, with" the cage, substantially asherein show nand described.

2; nThe combination ofthe pivoted fruit-holding device L M N, with the cage A, substantaliy yets :herein shown` anddescribed.

l ROBERT C. BREGK. Witnesses: f l

J AMES T.' GRAHAM,

T. B. MosHER. 

